Source: OMA Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA (NASDAQ: OMAB; BMV: OMA), reports that terminal passenger traffic at its 13 airports increased 68.6% in February 2022, as compared to February 2021. Domestic traffic increased 63.1%, and international traffic increased 123.1%. Cat./Mea.             Feb-2021         Feb-2022   % Change      01-02/2021     01-02/2022    % Change Domestic                729,080        1,188,832         63.1             1,604,357        2,434,320          51.7 International          74,259              165,686     123.1          [...]

Source: Canadian North Flights will operate twice weekly on Fridays and Sundays, from June 3 until September 30, in time for the summer travel season. Weekend getaways or week-long excursions will all be possible in either direction. Canadian North has announced the launch of non-stop service between Iqaluit, Nunavut and Toronto, Ontario’s Pearson International Airport, this summer, with flights now available for booking at canadiannorth.com. For the first time, Nunavummiut and others travelling between Iqaluit and Toronto will be able to do so without a connection and/or layover. The introduction of this flight is expected to benefit Nunavut’s economy and the tourism sector in particular. People in the Greater Toronto Area will now have direct access to Iqaluit, the capital [...]

Source: Spirit Airlines Spirit Airlines announced the addition of new Pilot and Flight Attendant bases at Miami International Airport (MIA) and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) for a total of nine crew bases across the network as the airline continues to add new planes and new airports. The crew bases are projected to initially open this summer once advance preparations are finalized. Spirit expects to locate more than 100 Pilots and more than 200 Flight Attendants at each base initially, with additional crew, supervisors and support functions to follow later in the year. Crew Bases, also known as Home Bases, are the various airport stations where commercial Pilots and Flight Attendants normally begin and end their duty periods. The new bases [...]

Source: Volaris Volaris (the "Company"), the ultra-low-cost airline serving Mexico, the United States, Central and South America reports its February 2022 preliminary traffic results. In February, Volaris' capacity (measured in ASMs) increased 62.0% YoY, while demand (measured in RPMs) was up 80.8% YoY; load factor increased 8.6 pp YoY to 82.7%. In the month, Volaris transported 2.1 million passengers, an 86.7% increase YoY. Moreover, passenger demand (RPMs) in the domestic Mexican and international markets remained quite healthy, increasing 64.7% and 149.8%, respectively, as compared to February 2021. Considering reported figures for the first two months of the year and the capacity currently on sale for March, consolidated ASMs for the first quarter of 2022 are expected to remain flat as compared [...]

Source: United Airlines Special areas available for customers to weigh their bag, scan a boarding pass and go; Free service is live now in Chicago, New York/Newark, Washington D.C., Houston, Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco, with plans to expand to dozens more airports this year United introduces bag drop shortcut, a new, simple way for customers to skip the line, check their bag in a minute or less on average, and get to their flight. According to recent customer surveys, the bag check process can be one of the more stressful and time-consuming parts of the travel experience and United is the first airline to streamline the process in this way. Here's how bag drop shortcut works: Check-in on [...]

Source: Spirit Airlines The brightest planes in the sky will fly over the mountains of Northeastern Mexico for the first time this summer. Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) announced two daily nonstop flights from Monterrey International Airport (MTY) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), starting in June 2022. Spirit initially entered Mexico in 2003 when its first flight landed at Cancun International Airport (CUN) and continued to invest in the country by adding new stations at Los Cabos International Airport (SJD) in 2012 and Puerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR) in 2021. This new MTY service is an expansion inland in addition to the popular beach destinations, focused on connecting friends and relatives with affordable flights. Spirit's Austin [...]

Source: Air France Until June 26th, 2022, Air France is partnering the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, which is organising the first major museum exhibition in France dedicated to the timeless literary masterpiece The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. For the occasion, more than six hundred works celebrate the many facets of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s extraordinary life (1900-1944) as a writer, poet, explorer and aviator, notably for Air France. As a tribute to this great writer, who played a major part in the airline's origins, Air France flew several pages of the original manuscript of The Little Prince from New York, where they have always been kept, to Paris. Carefully protected in the hold of flight AF007, which landed at Paris-Charles de Gaulle [...]

Source: Finnair The closure of Russian airspace causes considerable changes in Finnair’s traffic. Finnair has today called employee representatives to discuss plans regarding possible furloughs of up to 90 days, which, if implemented, would impact Finnair flight crews. The estimated need for additional monthly furloughs for pilots ranges from 90 to 200 and for cabin crew from 150 to 450 employees starting from April. The final furlough need, however, depends on how the exceptional situation progresses and what mitigations can be found and will be defined during the negotiations. The negotiations concern all 2800 pilots and cabin crew members in Finland. In addition, Finnair evaluates the impacts regarding employees outside Finland in those destinations where the availability of work is [...]

Source: Westjet Combination strengthens both companies following impact of pandemic Drives growth and job creation Unlocks exciting opportunities for WestJet and Sunwing employees as part of a vibrant national airline WestJet and Sunwing announced today that they have reached a definitive agreement under which the WestJet Group of companies will acquire Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines. The transaction will bring together two distinctly Canadian travel and tourism success stories to deliver new travel options and greater value for travellers in the rapidly expanding leisure and work-from-anywhere travel markets. The combination will enable both companies to protect and create jobs and rebuild strength in the Canadian travel industry at a critical time. Following the close of the transaction, a new tour [...]